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Oct. 6, 1959 L. A WHEELER PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Filed Oct. 9. 1958 ATTORNEY 2,907,540 V Patented Oct. 6, 1959 PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Lawrance A. Wheeler, Falls Church, Va.

Application October 9, 1958, Serial No. 766,358

3 Claims. (Cl. 248-113) The invention relates to paint brush holders adapted to rest upon the upper rim of a paint pail or can to support the brush in raised position therein with its bristles out of contact with the bottom of the can against deformation,

so that the brush is kept in good condition and has a longer life.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this description made from one piece of resilient wire having a middle gripping portion consisting of two parallel arms, and end loops joined to said arms claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention as applied.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, with the end loops compressed to spread said parallel arms apart.

(Figure 4 is a plan view of a modification.

Figure 5 is an elevation view of the device shown in Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the paint brush holder made from resilient wire comprises two parallel straight horizontal identical arms I, normally throughout their lengths in approximate contact with each other, and two horizontal laterally spread identical end loops 2, one loop at each end of said arms, said loops having an equal spread at each side of said arms, each loop being joined to said arms by approximately right angle bends 3, said arms and said loops being located approximately in the same horizontal plane, either one of said end loops being manually compressible to spread said parallel arms apart against the resiliency of both of said end loops for the reception of the handle of a paint brush A to be clasped therebetween upon release of the end loop, the other one of said end loops being simultaneously automatically compressible and functioning to maintain said arms throughout their lengths in brush handle clasping relationship against the tendency of said arms to diverge out of said clasping relationship, said right angle bends crossing and over and underlying and mutually bracing each other at 4 against movement of said arms 1 out of said plane during said compression, said parallel arms in edge view crossing each other midway of their lengths at 6, the resilient wire of said holder having its ends integrally joined together at 5, said holder being adapted to rest in stable equilibrium diametrically across the upper rim of a paint pail for supporting the brush in raised position therein. Either one of the end loops 2 is compressible to release the brush from the holder.

Said end loops 2 each has the approximate form of an equilateral triangle the apex of which is curved and adapted to be tensioned during said compression, said right angle bends 3 forming the two part base of said triangle and being adapted to transmit said manual compression in direct straight lines to the adjacent ends of said arms 1.

A modification of the invention is shown. in Figure 4, in which the end loops are circular.

The holder is adapted to hold as many brushes as the lengths of said arms permit the brush handles to be clasped therebetween. Said parallel arms 1 may be fiattened or roughened to increase their gripping eflect upon the brush handles.

The right is reserved to modifications coming within the scope of the claims and to any other uses for which the invention may be adapted.

I claim:

1. A resilient wire paint brush holder, comprising two parallel straight horizontal identical arms normally throughout their lengths in approximate contact with each other, and two horizontal laterally spread identical end loops, one loop at each end of said arms, each loop having an equal spread at each side of said arms, each loop being joined to said arms by approximately right angle bends, said arms and said loops being located approximately in the same horizontal plane, either one of said end loops being manually compressible to spread said parallel arms apart against the resiliency of both of said end loops for the reception of the brush handle to be clasped therebetween upon release of the end loop, the other one of said end loops being simultaneously automatically compressible and functioning to main said arms throughout their lengths in brush handle clasping relationship against the tendency of said arms to diverge out of said clasping relationship, said right angle bends crossing over and underlying and mutually bracing each other against movement out of said plane during said compression, said parallel arms in edge view crossing each other midway of their lengths, the resilient wire of said holder having its ends integrally joined together, said holder being adapted to rest in stable equilibrium diametrically across the upper rim of a paint pail for suspending the brush in raised position therein.

2. A resilient wire paint brush holder as defined in claim 1, in which each of the end loops has the form approximately of an equilateral triangle the apex of which is curved and adapted to be tensioned during said compression, said right angle bends forming the two part base of said triangle and being adapted to transmit said manual compression in direct straight lines to the adjacent ends of said arms.

3; A resilient wire paint brush holder, comprising two parallel straight horizontal identical arms normally throughout their lengths in approximate contact with each other, and two horizontal laterally spread identical end loops, one loop at each end of said arms, each loop having an equal spread at each side of said arms, each loop being joined to said arms by approximately right angle bends, said arms and said loops being located approximately in the same horizontal plane, either one of said end loops being manually compressible to spread said parallel arms apart against the resiliency of said end loops for the reception of a brush handle to be clasped therebetween upon release of the end loop, the other one of said end loops being simultaneously automatically compressible and functioning to maintain said arms throughout their lengths in brush handle clasping relationship against the r 2,907,540 s 3 4 tendency of said arms to diverge out of said clasping References Cited in the file of this patent relationship, the resilient Wire of said holder having its ends integrally joined together, said holder being adapted UNITED STATES PATENTS to rest in stable equilibrium diametrically across the up- 1,810,205 Gensmer June 1931 per rim of a paint pail for suspending the brush in raised 5 2,389,756 Beech 1945 2,498,511 Smith Feb. 21, 1950 position therein.

Patent No 2,907,540 October 6, 1959 Lawrence A0 Wheeler Column 2, line 35, for "main" read maintain Signed and sealed this 5th day of April 1960 (SEAL) Attest:

KARL H. AXLINE v ROBERT C. WATSON Attesting Ofiicer Commissioner of Patents 

